Tag: Uccs
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Leap Year’s ties to religious history live on; ‘science is never at odds with faith,’ says historian
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Thursday — the extra day tacked onto the month of February this year — isn’t a holiday, but its historical significance lives on due to its quirky ties between space science and religion. While most everyone notices the additional 29th day in February that comes around almost every four years, not everyone knows why there…
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UCCS shooting suspect’s affidavit paints killing as stemming from roommate dispute
The man accused in the University of Colorado Colorado Springs double homicide made a death threat against one of the victims over roommate disagreements, according to his arrest affidavit. Nicholas Jordan, 25, is accused of killing his roommate and fellow UCCS student Samuel Knopp, 24, as well as Celie Rain Montgomery, 26, in the early morning…
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Colorado Springs police identify suspect arrested in connection to UCCS double homicide
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Police have arrested a suspect they say was involved in a double homicide on the University of Colorado Colorado Springs campus Friday morning. In a news release Monday afternoon, Colorado Springs police identified the suspect as 25-year-old Nicholas Jordan of Detroit, who was arrested on…
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UCCS healing walk honors 3 lives lost: ‘We’re going to come out stronger together’
A unity walk on the University of Colorado Colorado Springs campus Monday afternoon signaled the first step in the healing process for a community still reeling from the news that three people died on campus in the span of one week. “Healing will take time. Rebuilding the trust and safety of our campus will take…
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Man, woman found dead at UCCS campus identified
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado Springs police have released the names of a man and woman found dead Friday in a dormitory room on the University of Colorado Colorado Springs campus. Celie Rain Montgomery, 26, of Pueblo, and Samuel Knopp, 24, of Parker, were autopsied and identified by the…
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2 dead, homicide investigation underway at UCCS campus
The University of Colorado Colorado Springs campus awoke to an emergency alert on Friday, after reports of shots fired in a school dorm led to the discovery of two people dead of apparent gunshots. Officials have not yet identified the two dead individuals or mentioned a suspect, however Colorado Springs Police Department spokesperson Ira Cronin said it is…
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CU president fields complaints, concerns about new UCCS chancellor selection
The atmosphere inside a lecture hall at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs Tuesday morning was as tense as a classroom during a grueling final exam, and for most of the hour and a half, forum attendees could not have heard a pin drop. Some of the approximately 450 faculty, staff and students who attended…
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Appeals court reinstates lawsuit of UCCS chef who alleges illegal firing
An El Paso County jury will decide whether the University of Colorado fired an employee because he was rude, abusive and unprofessional, or because he filed a whistleblower complaint against his supervisor, the state’s second-highest court ruled on Thursday. A trial judge previously found the evidence showed Russell Allen’s supervisors were concerned about his persistently…
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Abortion: A great religious divide that also unites faithful opponents and supporters
When anyone seeks counsel regarding abortion from Rabbi Jay Sherwood, leader of Temple Shalom, Colorado Springs’ largest Jewish synagogue, he cites Jewish law, which, he maintains, subscribes to an undisputed rabbinical conclusion that life begins at birth, not at conception. Sherwood points to the Talmud, the main source of Jewish religious law and theology, referencing the unborn…
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No tuition hike for University of Colorado system undergrads thanks to feds
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The University of Colorado Board of Regents agreed Thursday to a plan that results in essentially no tuition increase for undergraduate students for the school year that starts in August. The latest round of federal…